Manbiki Shounen

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Commodore PET/CBM (Platform)

Manbiki Shounen is widely credited as being the first stealth game. It was developed by Hiroshi Suzuki and debuted in November of 1979.

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Manbiki Shounen is widely credited as being the first stealth game. It was developed by Hiroshi Suzuki and debuted in November of 1979.

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Game details

Name

Manbiki Shounen

Release Date

November 1979

Platform

Commodore PET/CBM (Platform)

Genre

Action (Genre)
Simulation (Genre)

Theme

Crime (Theme)

Franchise

Manbiki (Franchise)

Aliases

Manbiki Shōnen
Manbiki Syonen
Shoplifting Boy

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Characters

• None

Locations

• Japan (Location)
• Prison (Location)
• Asia (Location)
• Convenience Store (Location)

Concepts

• 2D (Concept)
• Male Protagonists (Concept)
• Sprite (Concept)
• Non-Player Character (Concept)
• Currency (Concept)
• Top-Down Perspective (Concept)
• Stealth (Concept)
• Police (Concept)
• Player Character (Concept)
• Merchant (Concept)
• Theft (Concept)
• Black and White (Concept)
• Lawbreaking (Concept)
• Convict (Concept)
• ASCII (Concept)

Objects

• Building (Object)
• Shelf (Object)
• Moneybag (Object)

People

• None